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WELCOME TO IWPR'S CAUCASUS REPORTING SERVICE, NO. 29, April 28, 2000
 
PLEASE NOTE Issue 29 has been resent for readers who failed to receive
the e-mail first time round. Our apologies to those receiving the
e-mail late and to those receiving it twice.

EDITORIAL NOTE the corrections to Massacres Still Haunt Azerbaijan's
Armenians.
 
AJARIA: A FOOL'S PARADISE? Ajarian leader Aslan Abashidze is fond of
boasting that he has created a virtual "paradise" on the shores of the
Black Sea. But not of all his subjects would agree with him. Ia
Antadze reports from Tbilisi
 
CHERKESS UNREST REACHES FEVER PITCH Opinion: the Cherkess are
determined to reclaim their ethnic homeland but the authorities are
refusing to listen to their demands. I. Ibragimov comments from
Nalchik, Kabardino-Balkaria
 
CALM BEFORE THE STORM The president of Karachaevo-Cherkessia is
stubbornly resisting repeated attempts to dilute his authority. Bella
Lyauv reports from Cherkessk.
 
THE SEARCH FOR A CHECHEN ARAFAT Although Vladimir Putin continues to
rule out the possibility of holding peace talks with Aslan Maskhadov,
there is every sign that he is keeping his options open. Mikhail
Ivanov comments from Moscow.
 
MASSACRES STILL HAUNT AZERBAIJAN'S ARMENIANS Just a decade after
bloody pogroms in the streets of Baku, Armenians resident in
Azerbaijan live in an atmosphere of fear and discrimination. Alena
Myasnikova reports from Baku.
 
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IWPR's Caucasus Reporting Service provides the regional and
international community with unique insiders' perspective on the
Caucasus. Using our network of local journalists, the service
publishes objective news and analysis from across the region upon a
weekly basis.
 
The service forms part of IWPR's Caucasus Project based in Tbilisi and
London which supports local media development while encouraging better
local and international understanding of a conflicted yet emerging
region.
 
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Editor-in-chief: Anthony Borden. Managing Editor: Yigal Chazan;
Assistant Editor: Alan Davis. Commissioning Editors: Giorgi Topouria
in Tbilisi, Shahin Rzayev in Baku, Mark Grigorian in Yerevan, Michael
Randall and Saule Mukhametrakhimova in London. Editorial Assistance:
Felix Corley and Heather Milner. To comment on this service, contact
IWPR's Programme Director: Alan Davis [email protected]
 
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IWPR'S CAUCASUS REPORTING SERVICE, NO. 29

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